Seguin as a spare forward?
That shows the crazy depth there and too bad we won't get to witness a team like that.

To be fair, the only reason he's there is because Jonathan Toews is in the lineup, when he probably shouldn't even be on the team at this point. Of course, it's totally true that he would be on the team, because that's how Hockey Canada does things. Same for PK Subban being an extra.

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Reilly doesn't make the 2nd pairing, IMO... and I'd take Getzlaf over Giroux

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Maybe in a direct comparison position for position, player for player. Yeah Canada still is superior.

But in a one and done setup like the Olympic tournament, that is the best US lineup I have seen on quite some time.

It is too bad the NHL isn't going to South Korea. But after Sochi where there really wasn't much drama outside the weird Latvia game (I think it was Latvia). I was pretty meh on the tournament. The Canadians were just so dominant, the Gold medal game was a clinic.

My best memories of Olympic Hockey were the dramatics of Salt Lake City and Vancouver. I think this hypothetical US team had the best chance of bringing that back.

Maybe in a direct comparison position for position, player for player. Yeah Canada still is superior.

But in a one and done setup like the Olympic tournament, that is the best US lineup I have seen on quite some time ... My best memories of Olympic Hockey were the dramatics of Salt Lake City and Vancouver. I think this hypothetical US team had the best chance of bringing that back.

Agreed on both points, although the path to making best-on-best international competition more exciting for Canadians is unthinkable, because what made that 2002 Olympic win so incredible was the 50-year gold-medal-draught that preceded it, combined with Canada's lacklustre performance in the first few round robin games. I can do without all that.